ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 14

AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WILL BE A SPONSOR OF THE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS.     THE 3 AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ON THURSDAY NOON, FEBRUARY 4TH.    THAT MEANS, AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE REGULAR WEEKLY ROTARY CLUB MEETING WILL  NOT BE ON WEDNESDAY BUT  WILL  INSTEAD BE ON THURSDAY...AT THE FARM SHOW ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.    THE CLUB WILL PAY FOR THE BEEF DAY LUNCH.   

THE ROTARY PROGRAM JAN. 27TH WAS DONE
BY THE MAN ABOVE.    HE IS FELLOW ROTARIAN
CHUCK CURRENT, AN EMPLOYEE OF OHNWARD BANKS, A NEW CITY COUNCILMAN AND THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA BETTERMENT
CORPORATION.   HE IS A "DRIVING" FORCE IN
THE STREETSCAPE AND DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA DEVELOPMENT.   HE BROUGHT EVERYONE UP TO
DATE ON  PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN....QUITE A FEW.
NEW P.A. SYSTEM...NEW BANNERS...NEW LIGHT
POLES...NEW STORE FRONTS.    HE ANNOUNCED THAT ANOTHER MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN (OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT) ATTORNEY ADRIENNE WILLIAMSON
(BORN ON JAN 28) IS A NEW MEMBER OF THE
MAQUOKETA BETTERMENT BOARD.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 13

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 12

 DR. MELVIN "BUD" BERNARD (RETIRED OPTOMITRIST) CELEBRATES HIS 93RD BIRTHDAY THIS SATURDAY (16TH) AT CLOVER RIDGE WHERE HE LIVES.   HE STILL COMES TO ROTARY EVERY MONDAY AND TODAY THE CLUB SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM.   HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CLUB FOR 66 YEARS, JOINING IN 1950 AND IS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE CLUB AND LONGEST RUNNING MEMBER.   HE WAS A BIG DUCK HUNTER A GOOD PART OF HIS LIFE.

THERE WAS NO PROGRAM TODAY

 (JAN 13TH)...SOMEONE FORGOT.

ROTARIAN SCOTT WARREN BROUGHT A GUEST, HIS NEWEST EMPLOYEE AT THE YMCA.    BELOW IS SCOTTIE MOLER, THE NEW YMCA PROGRAM DIRECTOR.   HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BURLINGTON AND GOT HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION IN TEXAS, INCLUDING A BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN RECREATION AND FITNESS.   HE IS SINGLE.  HE IS NOW

RUNNING ALL YOUTH SPORTS AT THE Y.

THE DUBUQUE ROTARY CLUB IS CELEBRATING 100 YEARS.   

THERE WAS A SPECIAL SECTION IN THE JAN 15TH T.H.

INCLUDING A PHOTO OF ALL 186 MEMBERS.

CONGRATULATIONS DUBUQUE ROTARIANS FROM

YOUR FELLOW ROTARIANS IN MAQUOKETA.

DUBUQUE STARTED OUT IN 1916.

MAQUOKETA 1938

SEE THE WATER GLASS EACH MEMBER RECEIVED AT THE

50TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THE GLASS WAS KEPT BY ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY WHO WAS

CHAIRMAN OF THE 1988 CELEBRATION.

AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ALONG WITH THE AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL

SPONSOR THE 3 FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS AT THE KMAQ

ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH.

THE TWO DAY FREE SHOW STARTS FEBRUARY 3RD.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WILL NOT HAVE THE REGULAR WEDNESDAY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 3RD BUT INSTEAD ALL MEMBERS ARE URGED

TO ATTEND THE  FARM SHOW THURSDAY, WHEN THE  SECRET ROTARY AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUCED ON STAGE DURING THE NOON HOUR.

ROTARIANS WILL EAT LUNCH THAT DAY AT THE FARM SHOW AND IT WILL BE PAID-FOR BY THE CLUB.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 11

THE GUEST SPEAKER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016, AT THE ROTARY MEETING WAS DALE KILBURG....

DALE, RETIRED FROM THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE, HAS AN INTEREST IN ARCHEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY AND TALKED ABOUT BOTH AND
A RECENT MAJOR DISCOVERY OF THE RISING STAR
CAVE IN SOUTH AFRICA.